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13th March 1964, Page 92
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Serial Numbers on Trailer Chassis

THE practice of stamping serial numbers on all trailer

chassis (The Commercial Motor, February 21, p. 54) in addition to the usual identification plate, has been in operation by this company for some 10 years and has involved more than 10,000 trailers.

Somehow it had never occurred to us to make a news item of this achievement, possibly because information on the number of thieves foiled is rather scanty,

Andover, Hants, J. A. CHUBB,

Publicity Manager, Taskers of Andover (1932) Ltd.

Saving Life an the Roads ALL public spirited persons must share Wg. Cdr. Humphrey's avowed purpose of saving life on the roads. But, one wonders, has he also written to the aPpro-' priate Press, or even to the national dailies, about cyclists who swerve round stationary objets Violently and without warning, or swing out of works' gates at finishing time without so much as a glance for oncoming traffic; people who allow dogs unleashed on the highway, causing vehicles to swerve upon instinctive reactions of their drivers; pedestrians who step blindly into the road; commuters in a hurry who dash up on the outside lane, and then, on finding traffic waiting to turn right, attempt to cut back into the left-hand lane?

These and a host of other types are just as blameworthy in risking life as the worst of heavy drivers and if he has written nothing about them why has he singled out the heavy driver as a class?

With regard to the statistics that he mentions one wonders whether he has taken even an elementary course on the subject. If he has then he will have learned in the first exercise the warning that "Statistics can be made (to appear) to prove anything ". Perhaps it is on these grounds that the Wg. Cdr. would have us believe that casualty figures for 1961 and 1962 are the result of the 40 m.p.h. limit which did not come into force until the spring of 1963!

It is possible, of course, that the speeding drivers to whom he refers, are those belonging to the class mentioned in your February 14 issue: that is those paid by results—usually, but not always, a tipper driver working directly or indirectly in connection with some large public works c56 contract. If this is the case then he may well have found a just target for his censure, but most people believe that faults displayed by a minority are no justification for a sweeping attack upon a whole class.

Further observations taken on the route mentioned sine my letter of January 31, also on one or two other trunk roads in this area, have only confirmed my impressions of that date that, although there are exceptions, heavy drivers are observing, generally, the now realistic limits that apply, something which, as most drivers know, they did not do in the case of the old unrealistic limits.

Wg. Cdr. Humphrey, or any other doubter, is very welcome to ride with me on the route which I take nearly every day to test the truth of my observations.

Northampton. M. D. BUSH.

Loose Wheel Nuts I READ with interest the article by Handyman on "Damage A and expense caused by loose wheel nuts ", in your issue of January 31. Having found a most simple and complete answer to the above problem I am anxious to pass it on to other operators.

Never replace a wheel without thoroughly lubricating both stud and nut. Since adopting this practice we have completely eliminated the trouble mentioned in the article. We now find that we do not have to bother about nipping up nuts periodically and can remove and fit wheels in half the time with ease. We have adopted the above practice with all threads and find we are compensated a hundredfold.

Bethesda, N. Wales. T. H. DAVIES,

Manager, Purple Motors.

If I Had a Hammer CONGRATULATIONS on really hammering the Socialists for their refusal to tell us what plans (if any) they have for road transport. If every operator spoke to his Labour " friends " as you did in your editorial last week, they'd soon get the message.

Incidentally, we pay good money to a trade association —who keep lamentably quiet on this vital subject. Why? No wonder I sign myself,

Liverpool. WORRIED.

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Organisations: Labor
People: T. H. DAVIES
Locations: Liverpool

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